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Lillian Peck looking a shark in the mouth during a Gills Club meeting. (Courtesy of Hillary Peck)
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Sharks aren’t just for boys: Gills Club inspires aspiring female biologists

It’s no secret that there are fewer women than men in a lot of STEM fields. One group is trying to target that problem by inspiring ...

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Game developer wants to take her cultural critique to Congress

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Why are kids today so anxious?

Anxiety disorders are rising in kids. In their weekly conversation, psychologist Dan Gottlieb and WHYY’ ...

Air Date: March 20, 2017

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Novelist Zora Neale Hurston was a cultural anthropologist first

The celebrated novel ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ grew from fieldwork in the Black South. Before novelist Zora Neale ...

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Creativity: Life From the Inside Out

Dr. Dan Gottlieb explores the role of psychology in creativity through the lives of artists. He looks at Van Gogh’s struggle with menta ...

Air Date: March 17, 2017

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 Delaware environmental regulators issued a cease and desist order Monday against the former International Petroleum Corp.' facility in Wilmington for transporting hazardous wastes. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Troubled oil recycler cited for hazardous waste violations

A Wilmington oil recycling plant fined last month by a federal judge for environmental crimes was issued a cease and desist order Monday ...

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Should we talk about our health problems?

People share LOTS of very personal health information online these days – with virtual strangers – ...

Air Date: March 13, 2017

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Hidden Figures

This week, Derrick focuses attention on the contributions of minorities and women to the field of astronomy. There are many birth ...

Air Date: March 13, 2017

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Remembering Thomas Starzl and the frenzied work that advanced organ transplants

Thomas Starzl, whose death at age 90 was in the news last week, was the most driven man I've ever met.

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Empty chairs at the cancer center: The threat of ACA repeal

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Seriously, leave your earwax alone

In healthy people, earwax is self-cleaning. “It’s a useful thing,” says Fuad Baroody, an ear, nose, and throat s ...

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Bugs on bodies: how flies can help and hurt a crime scene

It’s difficult to gross out David Rivers, a professor of biology at Loyola University Maryland. He’s a forensic entomologist, ...

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